OREANDA-NEWS. July 12, 2012. On July 3, 2012 the information was received that a new version of the Charter of the Exchange was registered by the Federal body and took effect on June 29, 2012.

In accordance with the new version of the Charter the full business name of the company is Open Joint Stock Company "Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS", the short business name - Moscow Exchange.

The Russian Trading System is a stock market established in 1995 in Moscow, consolidating various regional trading floors into one exchange. Originally RTS was modelled on NASDAQ's trading and settlement software; in 1998 the exchange went on line with its own in-house system. Initially created as a non-profit organisation, at the moment RTS is in the process of reorganisation: it is being transformed into a joint-stock company. RTS data is distributed world-wide through major financial information vendors such as Reuters.

MICEX-RTS is the largest stock exchange in Russia, located in Moscow, trading equities, bonds, derivatives and currencies. It was officially established on 19 December 2011 through the merger of the two largest Moscow-based stock exchanges, the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange and the Russian Trading System. Both organizations were formed in the 1990s and for two decades were the leading exchanges in Russia, with the MICEX Index and the RTS Index being among the world's top stock indices. The merger created a single entity that is expected to become a leading stock exchange globally for trading across asset classes and to advance Russia's plans to turn Moscow into an international financial centre.